| Literature DB >> 17111177 |
H Gómez-Couso1, F Méndez-Hermida, E Ares-Mazás.
Abstract
A total of 51 faecal samples from wild and farmed mink were analysed by a direct immunofluorescence antibody test. Cryptosporidium oocysts were identified in eight, apparently healthy, farmed American mink (Mustela vison). The isolates were identified as Cryptosporidium parvum 'ferret' genotype by PCR-RFLP and sequencing analysis of a 341-base-pair fragment of the Cryptosporidium oocyst wall protein (COWP) gene. This is the first report of Cryptosporidium in American mink.Entities:
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Year: 2006 PMID: 17111177 DOI: 10.1007/s00436-006-0338-1
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Parasitol Res ISSN: 0932-0113 Impact factor: 2.289